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| Preface | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Animation, Visual Effects, and Technology in Context | |
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| Summary | |
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| A Digital Creative Environment | |
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| The Development of the Technology | |
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| Visual Milestones: 1969-1989 | |
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| Visual Milestones: 1990-Today | |
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| Timeline Charts | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| The Digital Production Process | |
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| Summary | |
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| Production Strategies | |
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| The Digital Computer Animation Studio | |
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| Creative and Production Teams | |
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| Overview of the Computer Animation Process | |
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| Ten Career Tips for Computer Animators and Digital Artists | |
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| Assembling a Demo Reel | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Modeling | |
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| Basic Modeling Concepts | |
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| Summary | |
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| Space, Objects, and Structures | |
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| Building with Numbers | |
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| Points, Lines, and Surfaces | |
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| Moving Things Around | |
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| File Formats for Modeling | |
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| Getting Ready | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Basic Modeling Techniques | |
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| Summary | |
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| Introduction | |
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| A Note About Lines | |
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| Geometric Primitives | |
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| Sweeping | |
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| Free-Form Objects | |
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| Basic Modeling Utilities | |
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| Real-Time Polygonal Models | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Advanced Modeling Techniques | |
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| Summary | |
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| Free-form Curved Surfaces | |
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| Subdivision Surfaces | |
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| Logical Operators and Trimmed Surfaces | |
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| Advanced Modeling Utilities | |
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| Procedural Descriptions and Physical Simulations | |
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| Photogrammetry and Image-Based Modeling | |
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| Animation Rigging and Hierarchical Structures | |
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| Getting Ready | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Rendering | |
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| Basic Rendering Concepts | |
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| Summary | |
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| Lights, Camera, and Materials | |
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| Color | |
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| Steps in the Rendering Process | |
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| Hidden Surface Removal | |
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| Z-Buffer | |
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| Ray Tracing | |
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| Global Illumination and Radiosity | |
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| Image-Based Rendering | |
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| Non-Photorealistic Rendering | |
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| Hardware Rendering | |
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| File Formats for Rendering | |
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| Getting Ready | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| The Camera | |
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| Summary | |
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| Types of Cameras | |
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| The Pyramid of Vision | |
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| Types of Camera Shots | |
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| Types of Camera Lenses | |
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| Camera Animation | |
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| Getting Ready | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Lighting | |
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| Summary | |
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| Lighting Strategies and Mood | |
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| Types of Light Sources | |
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| Basic Components of a Light Source | |
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| Lighting the Scene | |
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| Basic Positions of Light Sources | |
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| Getting Ready | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Shading and Surface Characteristics | |
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| Summary | |
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| Surface Shading Techniques | |
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| Surface Shaders | |
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| Image Mapping | |
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| Surface Reflectivity | |
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| Surface Color | |
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| Surface Texture | |
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| Surface Transparency | |
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| Environment-Dependent Shading | |
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| Selected Rendering Hacks | |
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| Getting Ready | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Animation and Effects | |
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| Basic Concepts of Animation | |
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| Summary | |
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| Types of Animation | |
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| Principles of Animation | |
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| Storytelling | |
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| Storyboarding | |
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| Character Development | |
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| Animation File Formats | |
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| Getting Ready | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Basic Computer Animation Techniques | |
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| Summary | |
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| Principles of Keyframe Interpolation | |
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| Model Animation | |
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| Camera Animation | |
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| Light Animation | |
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| Hierarchical Animation | |
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| Two- and Three-Dimensional Integration | |
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| Getting Ready | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Advanced Computer Animation Techniques | |
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| Summary | |
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| Inverse Kinematics | |
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| Performance Animation and Motion Capture | |
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| Motion Dynamics | |
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| Procedural Animation | |
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| Facial Animation | |
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| Crowd Animation | |
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| Location-Based and Interactive Entertainment | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Visual Effects Techniques | |
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| Summary | |
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| Basic Concepts of Digital Visual Effects | |
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| Camera Tracking | |
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| Rotoscoping | |
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| Blue and Green Screens, and Chroma Key | |
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| Set and Character Extensions | |
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| Crowd Replication | |
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| Computer-Generated Particles | |
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| Three-Dimensional Morphing | |
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| Motion Control | |
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| Motion Capture and Virtual Characters | |
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| Photogrammetry | |
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| Practical Effects | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Post-Processing | |
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| Retouching, Compositing and Color Grading | |
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| Summary | |
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| Basic Concepts of Image Manipulation | |
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| Image Retouching | |
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| Image Compositing and Blending | |
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| Image Sequencing | |
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| Color Grading | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| Image Resolution and Output | |
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| Summary | |
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| Basic Concepts of Digital Output | |
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| Image Resolution | |
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| Image File Formats and Aspect Ratios | |
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| Output on Paper | |
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| Output on Photographic Media | |
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| Output on Video | |
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| Output on Digital Media | |
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| Output on Three-Dimensional Media | |
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| Key Terms | |
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| www.artof3d.com | |
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| Index | |